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Return to Rokugan, where honor is a force more powerful than steel.
For one thousand years, the Empire of Rokugan has stood as a bastion of nobility, honor, and virtue. These lands are ruled by the samurai, powerful heroes who carry the katana and wakizashi as their badge of rank. Eight Great Clans vie with one another for supremacy over these lands, all under the eye of the mighty Emperor. And to the south, the Shadowlands, the eternal enemy of Rokugan, waits for the next opportunity to disrupt all that these foolish mortals have built. It is a land of intrigue, wonder, and adventure.
Welcome to the third iteration of the Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game. This player's guide will provide players and GM's with all of the setting, culture, and rules needed to create characters in the Legend of the Five Rings world and stage ongoing campaigns in Rokugan. While this book contains an updated version of the familiar rules, conversion rules will be included so that none of the many previous volumes set in this world will ever be obsolete.
For one thousand years, the Empire of Rokugan has stood as a bastion of nobility, honor, and virtue. These lands are ruled by the samurai, powerful heroes who carry the katana and wakizashi as their badge of rank. Eight Great Clans vie with one another for supremacy over these lands, all under the eye of the mighty Emperor. And to the south, the Shadowlands, the eternal enemy of Rokugan, waits for the next opportunity to disrupt all that these foolish mortals have built. It is a land of intrigue, wonder, and adventure.
Welcome to the third iteration of the Legend of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game. This player's guide will provide players and GM's with all of the setting, culture, and rules needed to create characters in the Legend of the Five Rings world and stage ongoing campaigns in Rokugan. While this book contains an updated version of the familiar rules, conversion rules will be included so that none of the many previous volumes set in this world will ever be obsolete.
Notes on Editions
There are 5 editions of Legend of the Five Rings. Click on an individual title, below, for more information on that edition.Game Editions | [ Add Edition ] |
Selected RPGnet Reviews | [ See 19 Reviews | See 1 Magazine Reviews | Link 2 Possible Reviews ] |
| Rating | User | Summary |
| 4 + 4 | Rob Wieland | Legend of the Five Rings Gamemaster's Guide. No summary available for this older review. [ Read Review ] |
| 5 + 5 | Jamie Herbert | Legend of the Five Rings 3rd. edition. the latest version of this Asian fantasy classic does not disappoint! [ Read Review ] |
Selected User Comments | [ See 29 Ratings | See 5 Comments | Add Rating ] |
| Rating | User | Comments |
| 9 / 10 | Lazarus | The 3rd edition of L5R is a very excellent self-contained book. It is simply beautiful, with a good presentation, and mechanics which support the well-explained setting. It is hindered mostly by editing issues. |
| 6 / 10 | Jon Hastings | I only read/played 1st edition: A bunch of amazing and inspiring ideas for a game system buried in a somewhat uninspired "Fantasy Japan" not to mention a bunch of ideas that seem to be there "just because". Like, the different Clans don't really seem anything like historical clans: they're just factions with special powerz a la the White Wolf games. I can imagine a severely stripped down version of this game being extremely awesome, but I didn't have the patience/interest to do the necessary tinkering. Still, I managed to run a very successful (if not so memorable) short campaign. |
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